Mangkaja Arts

My Country My country way out in the desert I left long time ago

GARRINGARI The roots of the lily pad can be roasted and eaten. They are found in billabongs and springs, and have a beautiful flower.

JUMU- CLAYPAN WATERHOLES This is soakwater country in the Great Sandy Desert. We can walk around this country after the wet season when there is plenty of water. When it’s dry you can see claypan around the water jumu and flowers grow. Pretty flowers all colours the desert come to Read more…

MY FATHER COUNTRY This is my father country there’s one waterhole, we use to drink water out of it. It’s very long way into the desert behind a big hill and it has four trees around the waterhole.

Gungawundu Gungawundu is a waterhole in between two sand hills deep in the desert.

LUKUPAJA MY MOTHER BIRTH PLACE THIS LUKUPAJA MY MOTHER BIRTH PLACE BEWEET DJUGERDID AND TIMERCREEK BORE THE TREE THAT THEY CAMPING GROUND AND SHADE FOR THE DAY

BIRDS BIRDS ASI8TTING NEARER THER HOLOW TREE

Gogo Station This is about Gogo station on the old road. When I was young we were living there. We used to collect the coloured rocks from the hills, all different colours. Our mothers too and parents collected stones. We would gift it to our teachers and people as a Read more…

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